Your cold exterior
Has undermined all your burning blood as it
Tours your interior
So blind on its mission to blow you out of the
Water, inferior
To fire, unless something brings them together
And burns your exterior
To match what’s inside till you find yourself
About to blow your cover and soar
Fully transformed, I’m not who I was before
I don’t mind - I’ll stare till I go blind
Nothing like the view from out of sight
Blend with paper walls
I’ll change into something more comfortable to ignore
While you’re waiting for
The form you’re expecting
But haven’t prepared for the
Blow your lover has stored
Fully informed, you’re not who you were before
You don’t mind - You’ll take enough this time
Count the sighs - Count to three and close your eyes
I keep quiet, I keep dry
We don’t mind - We’ll fake to stay alive
Our device of torture feels so…
I don’t mind - I can take to the sky
Floating by, I’ll leave you high and dry
supported by 19 fans who also own “Shapeshifter (Hi-Res 48kHz/24 Bit)”
What can I say about Big Big Train that I haven’t said before?
This album took a little while to grow on me but by the time I saw it live I was in love with its humongous, over-egged pomposity! They do it all with such passion, excitement and amazing musicianship.
Essential. Crinklechips
supported by 17 fans who also own “Shapeshifter (Hi-Res 48kHz/24 Bit)”
The album takes off nicely with David Longdon's "The Strangest Times", but then gets into immediate free fall and deeply underwater for the next few tracks, quite unexpectedly. Fortunately, it recovers with Nick D'Virgilio's "Apollo" (hey, this guy CAN write good music, although he hides this ability most of the time) and the remaining three tracks, one of which is another Longdon masterpiece. So in the end the final impression is somewhat in the positive range. Sven B. Schreiber (sbs)
The Long Island metal band's third album etches arena-sized hooks into their jagged compositions, deftly balancing experimental and poppy inclinations. Bandcamp Album of the Day May 12, 2022